The Rich Cultivator
Chapter 88. Tyler’s First Investigation Task

Chapter 88: 88. Tyler’s First Investigation Task

"Omar? Didn’t you go to the Level 1 fishery with the boss?" Tyler asked, curiosity evident in his voice.

"Yeah, but the boss suddenly told me to go back. She said she was gonna spend time with an old acquaintance," Omar replied.

"Is it a man?" Tyler asked in a gossiping tone.

"I don’t know. I hope it’s not a man," Omar said with frustration. Tyler understood that Omar had a crush on his boss.

"Enough with the gossip. I’ll take care of the investigation. Well, I think we just need to visit our office," Omar said decisively.

Yi-Han stayed at the restaurant while Tyler took Silvia back to the Citadel. She obediently went back to her studies, not wanting to be a burden to Tyler.

Omar and Tyler arrived at Lily Gomes’ office. Omar, having a spare key, opened the office and took a book from under Lily Gomes’ table, inserting it into the bookcase. The bookcase opened horizontally, revealing a hidden space.

Tyler was surprised. The space seemed much larger than the building itself. He quickly recalled the Space Shrinking Array.

While Tyler’s thoughts progressed, Omar explained with a proud expression, "Our boss once helped an Expert Level Array Master. He installed this array as gratitude."

Omar then took a stack of papers, glanced at them, and threw them aside one by one.

"What are you looking for?" Tyler asked.

"These are all small things that happened on the 18 islands. Our boss collects information on everything and stores it. She always says that every big thing can be found by a small clue," Omar explained.

One of Omar’s duties was to collect information for Lily Gomes. He vaguely remembered how some new restaurants got into trouble just after they opened, and then closed permanently due to the losses.

"Found it!" Omar exclaimed, taking out a stack of papers bound together.

"Wow, boss already stacked these together. Seems like she noticed something was amiss and that these incidents are all linked," Omar said with admiration.

Tyler took the stack of papers and began reading through the information.

The first entry was about Kimmy’s Restaurant, opened by Kimmy Goel. 200 people died of food poisoning, and she was forced to close the restaurant after a week.

The next entry was about another restaurant, forced to close due to a fire accident. Most of the details were similar—restaurants opening, then experiencing disasters, and closing down permanently.

One entry piqued Tyler’s interest: Juju Restaurant. It was opened by Kaisen, who went missing soon after. His body was later found at sea. The investigation had pointed to a suspect, but due to a lack of evidence, the case was closed.

Written in green ink, likely by Lily Gomes, were additional notes: The suspect was a server from Fire Valley Restaurant. The Fire Valley Restaurant had branches on every island and generated over 750 million Lydia per year. They always eliminated potential start-ups.

Tyler recalled this restaurant. It was where he and Yi-Han had eaten the seafood platter.

He continued to read the notes: Fire Valley Restaurant belongs to Fire Valley of Crimson Blood Sect.

Tyler’s mind raced as he pieced together the information. It seemed that the Fire Valley Restaurant had a sinister agenda against new competition. The connections were clear, but proving it would be a challenge.

"Oh it’s just Fire Valley." Omar said which baffled Tyler.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Fire Valley is under just a Master Warrior Level Disciple. He won’t dare to touch our boss. Just play with your heart content." Omar said.

Levels of Warriors are divided into Novice level, Elite Level, Master Level and Grandmaster Level. The Sect Master is rumoured to be Above Grandmaster Level. Tyler doesn’t know what it is above Grandmaster level. Even many of the disciples don’t know its name. Even becoming Grandmaster is a hard task for many people.

Each Level is divided into small realms which are called stars. For example, a person after reaching 5 star Novice Warrior they can try to breakthrough and reach 1 star Elite Warrior.

Tyler doesn’t understand why they are calling it as stars. He can’t ask this, because he is known as the person who already cultivated once and got crippled.

"Omar , Help me with something." Tyler told his plan to Omar.

Omar’s eyes widened "isn’t it a bit shameless?"

"I know .. But are you sure that Master Warrior won’t make a move?" Tyler asked.

"Yub I am sure." Omar nodded.

"Then help me. Also this Kimmy Goel. Give me his address." Tyler pointed at the paper of Kimmy Restaurant.

"She is a girl." Omar replied.

"Oh... My bad."

"Alright, I wanted to help you but I want to deal with this small case." Omar showed him a request. Tyler read it, it was a theft case.

"I will investigate it for you." Without even giving a chance for Omar to speak, Tyler left quickly.

Omar sighed and turned around.

"Hey, at least help me rearrange these papers and notes." Omar shouted. But Tyler is nowhere to be seen. He looked at the mess and sighed.

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Tyler went straight to a lab which is near the forest. This is the private lab of an official disciple. The side of the lab is broken.

Tyler showed his badge. A young man with white coat is standing there with frustration along with Two Guards.

"Where is Miss Lily Gomes? Why did they send nobody like you?" The young man asked in a high tone.

"She is busy with other stuff. I am her assistant." Tyler just replied.

"Whatever, take a look." He impatiently waved his hand.

Tyler didn’t mind his attitude. But noted it in his mind.

"What happened?" Tyler asked as he observed the big hole in the wall.

"It’s your job to Find out what happened ." The man said with frustration.

"Just tell me your side of the story." Tyler said patiently.

The man calmed down and explained, "This morning I came to my Lab a little late and found out I don’t even need to open my door to enter. My Experimental Potion is also missing. The thief broke the wall and stole my Potion."

"Why were you late yesterday?" Tyler asked.

"Is it important? I am already in frustration that some thief broke my lab and stole my – "

"Womp Womp. Stop Yapping and just answer my bloody questions." Tyler raised his voice. The man immediately became docile.

"I had a fight with my wife. So I was drunk and left the house. When I woke up I was already inside this forest." He explained.

"What is the fight about?" Tyler asked.

"Do I really have to explain- ." He wanted to talk back but stopped under Tyler’s stare.

"You don’t have to answer, it is personal." Tyler said.

The Man sighed and said, "It is about my potion. It is still under experiment and I already used most of my savings on researching it. My wife told me to quit and I got angry."

"Hmmm... Did you change your clothes?" Tyler asked while looking at the ragged clothes in the dustbin.

"Y-Yes." The man was confused yet he answered.

"Did you open this door this morning?" Tyler asked.

"No."

"Alright. I found the culprit." Tyler simply said.

"That’s it? Just like that?" The man was flabbergasted and asked in disbelief same with the patrol guards.

"Yub. The culprit is You. Mr. Whatever you are called." Tyler pointed at the Man.

"What? What do you mean?"

"Your potion should be some sort of Berserker potion, right?" Tyler asked another question instead of answering.

"How do you find out?" The man was astonished.

"This is what happened. After getting into Fight with his Wife. You left your home and had drinks. After that you came here to the lab. Due to being drunk, you drank your half finished potion to test it on yourself. Then you went berserk and broke the wall and went to the forest." Tyler said as he took the ragged clothes from the dustbin.

"No wait. I broke the wall?"

"Yes the wall was broken from inside. Look at the debris. It is scattered outside." Tyler pointed at the debris of the broken wall on the ground.

The man and the two patrol Guards were dumbfounded.

"And the door is locked from inside. You have yet to open the door." Tyler said. She was surprised by their silence.

Seeing that they are not saying anything, "Alrighty Case closed. Bye." Tyler said and left swiftly.

It took a long time for the man to recover from daze.

"Even Lily Gomes’ assistant is a monster." The man said.

The two patrol guards nodded. They were a little ashamed that they couldn’t even find a single clue.

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Tyler went back to the office. Omar is already waiting for him.

"What happened to the task I gave you?" Both of them asked at the same time.

Both of them Blinked.

"It’s already done." They said at the same time.

Both of them looked at each other..

"English or Spanish?"

(Baby, you got somethin’ in your nose

Sniffin’ that K, did you feel the hole?

Hope you find peace for yourself

New boyfriend ain’t gon’ fill the void)

(Just kidding, the Chapter ends